ekuNNN posted:Care to explain why that shoe is interesting? It's not made in a sweatshop. 
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Armyman25 posted:It's not made in a sweatshop. Too bad only 25% of their shoes sold in the US are actually made in the US. The rest are either from China (70%) or Vietnam (5%). http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/05/01/8375455/index.htm http://newbalance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5 There's also the class action lawsuit against New Balance for their false advertising in regards to their "Toning Shoes" footwear line, which New Balance touted as having unproven health benefits. http://www.manatt.com/uploadedFiles/News_and_Events/Newsletters/AdvertisingLaw%40manatt/Pashamova%20v.%20New%20Balance.pdf Finally, I'd like to point out that Jim David gave $500,000 to the Romney campaign. All in all shoe companies are massive shitlords by and large and just because a company slaps MADE IN AMERICA on their product, doesn't automatically make them a good company.  Syrian man carrying his wounded daughter.
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If you'd like to buy non-sweatshop, American-made shoes, belts, and accessories, I highly recommend the following: Red Wings Heritage Collection (~$300) http://www.redwingheritage.com/boots Allen Edmonds ($150-500) http://www.allenedmonds.com/ Vintage Shoes ($275+) http://www.vintageshoecompany.com/ Keep in mind that these may be more expensive than your Target brand shoes, but they'll be higher quality, less carbon-intensive, and support American professionals! Also there are quite a few companies that make all sorts of clothes in the US, and I highly recommend them! (Epaulet, American Apparel, Archival Clothing, Outlier, Inland Clothing, and tons more) pic:  edit: holy poo poo what are the odds we post the same pic at just about the same time? I guess I left my window open too long... Gimme a minute and I'll find something else. To Crasscrab: I don't think anyone said EVERY New Balance is made in the US, but many of their lines are; and if dubious marketing, and donating to a nasty politician make a company lovely, then it looks like just about every single company in the country is a piece of poo poo. New Balance is a fine shoe company run by people who happen to support a candidate you don't, and that shouldn't matter. EDIT: And better they slap made in America on some of their lines than not to! Would you rather they make 100% of their shoes in China and Vietnam? The vast majority of US shoe companies do... thesurlyspringKAA fucked around with this message at 03:13 on Sep 24, 2012 |
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thesurlyspringKAA posted:New Balance is a fine shoe company run by people who happen to support a candidate you don't, and that shouldn't matter. When they donate large amounts of money to a candidate that is actively working against women's rights, welfare, gay rights, et cetera it actually should matter, if you have the choice to not buy their product and buy it from someone less lovely. Found this thing on tumblr:  quote:The photo above is the closest humanity has ever come to creating Medusa.
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Crasscrab posted:Too bad only 25% of their shoes sold in the US are actually made in the US. The rest are either from China (70%) or Vietnam (5%). They are still the only company making running shoes in the US. I specifically posted a model that is made in the USA. The fact that they actually employee US workers makes them the least bad option. Thorogood work boot, made by Weinbrenner USA, a Unionized boot company.  This guy was seen at the World Food Festival in Des Moines, IA. I have to wonder if he went around sampling the food, then hating it for how good it tasted?  Armyman25 fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Sep 24, 2012 |
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ekuNNN posted:Found this thing on tumblr: There's a term for this! CORIUM   I've never heard that part about the mirror though, sounds suspicious.
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thesurlyspringKAA posted:American Apparel Don't shop at american apparel, shop at alternative apparel. Same quality, with none of the objectifying ads. Although they don't employ exclusively in america they do ensure anyone who does work for them doesn't work in a sweatshop.   on it pth-whatever-the-rest-of-your-name-is! vvv Lord Lambeth fucked around with this message at 09:14 on Sep 24, 2012 |
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^^^Better put a picture in that post, LL^^^
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Lord Lambeth posted:Don't shop at american apparel, shop at alternative apparel. Same quality, with none of the objectifying ads. Although they don't employ exclusively in america they do ensure anyone who does work for them doesn't work in a sweatshop. Don't forget a picture. 
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Hahahaha "Questions were occasionally asked about Romney's eligibility to run for President owing to his birth in Mexico, given the ambiguity in the United States Constitution over the phrase 'natural-born citizen'." (Mitt's dad)
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Dr. Cogwerks posted:Hahahaha That is incredible and I can't stop laughing. Screencap from Goontube on 9/11/2012:  Not goon related:  e: was not that big in the preview. 
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boom boom boom posted:Is that a Charlie Borrker or Chris Morris thing? No those are what the MP said to the policeman outside number 10. If you were asking who made the picture I think it was Political Scrapbook. At least they posted it without giving anyone credit and have been promoting it today. Pictures of David Miliband   
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Strif-ah Ker-not posted:No those are what the MP said to the policeman outside number 10. If you were asking who made the picture I think it was Political Scrapbook. At least they posted it without giving anyone credit and have been promoting it today. It's from b3ta by Doctor When, who also made 
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Z-Magic posted:It's from b3ta by Doctor When, who also made Swear particles are called Swearengens  
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Allen Edmonds shoes use Horween leather, which is of amazingly high quality and made right here in Chicago.
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 I just realized, Governor Romney was probably more leftist than President Obama is.
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Strif-ah Ker-not posted:Pictures of David Miliband Don't forget his brother and Leader of the Opposition, Ed Millibong: 
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Does anyone else think the rise of multi-drug resistant syphilis is behind most of this? I hear Sun City Arizona has a huge epidemic of STIs amongst the elderly and I'm sure Florida is the same. Just putting that out there. 
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Made this a while back. If I wasn't so lazy I'd slap it on a bunch of redneck trucks in the middle of the night
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Afghans protesting against the film about Mohammed. #MuslimRage   
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John Charity Spring posted:Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn up to his usual xenophobic loving tricks. "and she's probably Polish"  (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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John Charity Spring posted:Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn up to his usual xenophobic loving tricks. Richard Littlejohn, oval office. Not a man who works as a oval office. Representative Steve King (R) from Iowa supports dog fighting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDqP1nS0YVo
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What's the matter, Scandinavia? JEALOUS OF OUR SUCCESS?  
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When our voting power outweighs that of the Baby Boomer generation (i.e., once more and more of them have left this mortal coil). Only...we will ourselves be of age at that point, so you're just banking on Gen-Y being incredibly noble. Not that it really matters; no current system is sustainable, not even that in the Nordic. We'll all be eating each other by then anyway. Image: 
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I hate that picture for leaving out us, the Faroes and Greenland out. Mainlander Fuckers.  
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I don't really believe someone from the Nordic countries made that thing. __ Here, Helmut Schmidt 
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thesurlyspringKAA posted:
 American Apparel, highly recommended.
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